Lou Iorio wrote:
This is getting silly.
My opinion is simply that: an opinion.
Yes, they have an opinion, as you do. Personally, I do not care one way
or the other.
It is not false because you say it is.
Your opinion is not false. Not certain that they said it was and if they
did, that is wrong.
You have yet to mention a single title of a book that uses sentence
style capitalization.
I did in my other post, including the Prentice Hall Manual of Style :-)
You have yet to mention a single style guide that endorses sentence
style capitalization.
I grabbed the Prentice Hall Manual of Style 12th edition to see what I
could find (this is ten years old now).
Page 445 states in summary:
Modern writers capitalize less frequently than did earlier writers. They
then provide an example from 300 years ago where most of the important
words in the sentence are capitalized (something by Jonathan Swift).
They then point out that nobody would do this today.
That said, the explicitly state that a book title should be capitalized
as you suggest (page 448). Of course, they also state that titles should
be in italics. They also say that you should not capitalize unless there
is an explicit convention for it. They do not explicitly state anything
concerning sections or sub-sections, but their usage demonstrates
chapter headings use your suggestion and anything else does not.
You guys keep saying there are plenty out there, but you fail to
mention any.
So, no, I have not been given any justification.
Best regards,
Lou
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